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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Bullet
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Bullet Train (Assassins, #2)
Kōtarō Isaka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bullfight (Pushkin Collection)
Yasushi Inoue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)
Brian Panowich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Bull Run
Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Bully
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult

Bully!
Mike Resnick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Bunner Sisters
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2005

Bunnicula
James Howe, Alan Daniel, Victor Garber, Deborah Howe

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Deborah Howe, James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Bunny
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Burial Rites
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Buried Child
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
Peter Zuckerman, Amanda Padoan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Buried Magic (White Haven Witches #1)
T.J. Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Buried Onions
Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Buried Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Burmese Days
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Burn
Patrick Ness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Burn Baby Burn
Meg Medina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Burn Bright
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Burned
Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1)
Siobhan Vivian, Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Burn for Me
Ilona Andrews

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Burning Bright
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Burning Girls
Veronica Schanoes

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

Burning Grass
Cyprian Ekwensi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Burning Midnight
Loren D. Estleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Burning Vision
Marie Clements

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

Burn My Heart
Beverley Naidoo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Amelia Nagoski, Emily Nagoski

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Burn the Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Burnt Offerings
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Burnt Sugar
Avni Doshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Burn, Witch, Burn! (Burn Witch Burn #1)
A. Merritt, Abraham Merritt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Burr
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Burro Genius
Victor Villaseñor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Bury the Lead (Andy Carpenter, #3)
David Rosenfelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Business adventures
John Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Business Model Generation
Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Business or Pleasure
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Bus Stop
William Inge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Butcher's Crossing
John Edward Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Butchers Hill (Tess Monaghan, #3)
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Butter
Erin Jade Lange

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

BUtterfield 8
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE.
Leonard Gershe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
Rigoberto González

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Butterfly in Frost
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Butterfly Yellow
Thanhha Lai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Butter Honey Pig Bread
Francesca Ekwuyasi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
Edward Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

But That Was Yesterday
Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Button Man
Andrew Gross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

But You Did Not Come Back
Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather
Gao Xingjian

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2004

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There
Tara Schuster

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

By a Thread: A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bye, Baby
Carola Lovering

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

By Fire, By Water
Mitchell James Kaplan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By Gaslight
Steven Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
Elizabeth Smart

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1992

By Her Own Design
Piper Huguley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

By Love Possessed
James Gould Cozzens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

By Nightfall
Michael Cunningham

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By Night in Chile
Roberto Bolaño

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2000

By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860
Lavinia Honeyman Porter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

By Reason of Insanity (Rediscovered Classics)
Shane Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bystander
James Preller

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

By the Bog of Cats (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)
Marina Carr

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2002

By the Book
Jasmine Guillory

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

By the Great Horn Spoon!
Sid Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1963

By the Light of My Father's Smile
Alice Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

By the Light of the Moon
Dean Koontz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Paulo Coelho

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

By the Sea
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1939

By the Sword
Mercedes Lackey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

By Your Side
Kasie West

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2017

Byzantium: The Early Centuries
John Julius Norwich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Judith Herrin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

BZRK
Michael Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

The Babysitter
Robert Coover

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2014

The Bacchae
Euripides

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 405

The Bachman Books
Stephen King, Richard Bachman, Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1996

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
Dan Roam

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008